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Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Danilia (Genus)
> insperata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Craspedotus Philippi, 1847
=Heliciella O.G. Costa, 1861
=Olivia Cantraine, 1835
Images: Danilia insperata Beu & Climo, 1974
Holotype, collected 11 May 1972, Cook Strait, off Turakirae Head, Nicholson Canyon, NZ (M.029170). © Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (CC-BY-NC-ND)
Taxonomy
Family:
CHILODONTAIDAE
Full Classification:
Mollusca (Phylum)
> Gastropoda (Class)
> Vetigastropoda (Subclass)
> Seguenziida (Order)
> Seguenzioidea (Superfamily)
> Chilodontaidae (Family)
> Danilia (Genus)
> insperata (Species)
Genus Synonyms:
=Craspedotus Philippi, 1847
=Heliciella O.G. Costa, 1861
=Olivia Cantraine, 1835
Details: Danilia insperata Beu & Climo, 1974
Size/Grows to:
Height 13mm, Width 11mm
Distribution:
Deep water off Cook Strait. Nicholson Canyon, off Turakirae Head
Geographical Range:
CE.
Notes:
Marine, Endemic
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Key to Geographical Ranges
NZ Map showing Geographical Ranges
The symbols K.A.C.F.M.An. are used to indicate the geographical range of the species. They have been adopted to give an approximation of the range of each species within New Zealand.
K=
Kermadec Islands
A=
Aupourian - Kaipara Harbour, north around North Cape, encompassing the Three Kings Islands and south to East Cape
C=
Cookian - Lower North Island and the northern part of the South Island
F=
Forsterian - Otago, Fiordland and Stewart Island
M=
Moriorian - Chatham Islands, Pitt Island
An=
Antipodean - Subantarctic Islands of New Zealand
Fw =
Freshwater
L =
Land
N =
North Island
S =
South Island
E =
Endemic
I =
Introduced
R =
Recent
Sf =
Subfossil
Fo =
Fossil
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